As a butch who sometimes (inadvertently) passes as male, I have learned a lot from how women react to me when they read me as a man. It reminds me of how much of the violence that women encounter is at the hands of men, and how the presence of even one man in a woman’s space can make many women feel less safe and less entitled to their own pleasure. It’s sad, but I think that when I am passing, i represent to many women who see me a form of power that may be used against them.